Few things confuse me more than the hatred toward immigrants. I am not, however, surprised by it, because anger toward immigrants and moronic anti-immigrant laws have been passed on and off almost since the get-go of our nation. They were always passed out of fear and ignorance (and, again, hatred).
About a month ago civic (like former governors) and religious leaders in Utah came together to create the Utah Compact which, especially in this current political climate, seems to be a solitary shining beacon of sanity. An opinion piece in the NY Times gave a shout-out to the compact yesterday. You can sign the compact. The LDS Church came out in support of the principles of the compact, as well.
Hopefully this will lead to reason around here. We need some reason and compassion on this topic.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Compact
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I remember back on my mission, Pres. Monson told Denmark to keep allowing immigrants to move there and to keep their doors open. I don't think that policy was very popular with many of the Danes.
We humans have such a tendency to be insular. I think that's exactly why the brethren keep telling us to be the opposite.
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